You may remember that just about a year ago a file "amiga os source code 3.1.tar.bz2" popped up on a web site, was linked to, copied, and the contents even wound up on GitHub for a couple of days. This event was widely publicized, on Twitter, on personal blogs, and it even made the news.
That file would contain pretty much all the AmigaOS 3.1 source code, and plenty of other material which used to be available to Commodore developers back in 1994. It's safe to say that the contents of the archive are now very widely distributed, just not necessarily available to the general public.
Back then there was speculation as to who made the data available, where the data came from, and which consequences the availability would have.
It's been a year now, and I'm curious. What did the availability of the source code make possible?
(Careful: there could be legal strings attached to answering this question, so you might consider your options when posting answers here)
If you have to ask that question, then there have been no consequences.
